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Lakshman Kadirgamar’s Legacy
H.M.G.S. Palihakkara, in Sunday Times, 11 August 2019, where the title is “Lakshman Kadirgamar: The Legacy of an Icon” Fourteen years ago this month, a suspected LTTE assassin snuffed out the life of Sri Lanka’s best known and widely admired … Continue reading →
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Media Blitzkrieg from Keenan, Al-Jazeera et al: Fear Gota
THUPPAHI NOTE: A fear psychosis is being spread through the airwaves and web-routes by powerful players who present a picture of Gotabaya as a potential dictator …. and even deploy the fallacious readings of the death-toll in Eelam War IV … Continue reading →
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The Political Paths We Sri Lankans Face
“Friday Forum” in Resurrected Form Savitri Goonesekere, Chandra Jayaratne et al in Island, 3 September 2019, “Presidential Elections And The Peoples’ Options” In a few months’ time this country will once again make decisions on the political leadership that will … Continue reading →
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Dear Tamil Brethren ….
A LETTER from A Sinhala Collective, in Island, 14 December 2019, where the title runs thus “A Letter to Tamil Citizens from a Group of Sinhalese” …. with highlighting emphasis added by The Editor, Thuppahi After the recent Presidential election, … Continue reading →
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A Landmark Trade Pact: Rubber-Rice Deal between Sri Lanka and China 1952
Dr. J. B. Kelegama, the Keynote Address at the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebrations of the historic “Rubber-Rice Pact” between Sri Lanka and China at the BMICH on 20 December 2002 … from Island, 22 December 2002, where the title runs “The … Continue reading →
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Robert Pape’s Blunders in Tigerland: Pape’s Muddles on ‘Suicide Bombers’ in Sri Lanka
Michael Roberts, reprinting here an article which appeared initially in November 2007 as Working Paper No. 32 November 2007 in the Heidelberg Papers on South Asian Politics … ISSN: 1617-5069 …. edited by Subrata Mitra. Insofar as this essay is … Continue reading →
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Jehan Perera’s Appraisal of President Gotabaya’s First Steps
Jehan Perera, in Island, 3 December 2019, with this title: “President’s early parameters may require revision” One of the weaknesses of the previous government was its failure to have cohesive policies that it implemented with determination. Instead there was a … Continue reading →
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Hiran Halangode on the SL Army’s History bearing on the Land Warfare Campaign in 2006-09
The SL Army’s Land Warfare Campaign in 2006-09: Debating the Lines of Strategic Emphasis HALANGODE FOUR: Retd Brig. Hiran Halangode’s Clarification** This account deals with the question of the re-organization of the Infantry Battalions and a gradual expansion of the SIOT … Continue reading →
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Visually Handicapped to Enlighten the “Anduru Lovin Eliyata” Lit-Fest at Mount Lavinia
Elmo Jayawardena A & K Literary Festival opens its doors for a full day’s entertainment on 20 October 2019 at 0900. Renowned writer and teacher, Dileepa Abeysekera will be the opening bat doing a workshop on creative writing. The venue, … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka as A Resplendent Isle from Way Back in Time
Pauline Gunewardene, being …. a talk originally titled “A Brief History of Sri Lanka,” and presented at the Mind Cafe Mental Health Conference o at the Marriott in Weligama, 3-10 August 2019…… and subsequently placed in the first CEYLANKAN for … Continue reading →
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